Title :
Traffic Jam: Handling the Increasing Volume of Mobile Data Traffic
Author :
Mahmoodi, Toktam ; Seetharaman, Srini
Author_Institution :
Centre for Telecommun. Res., King´s Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
Today´s mobile operators face significant challenges with handling the ever increasing volume of mobile data traffic. With new mobile communication standards, the mobile backhaul architecture has a clear split of a packet-only data plane and a management plane. Although this new backhaul architecture yields to easier management, we find that this architecture can be improved further by applying the principles of software-defined networking (SDN). SDN allows for better evolvability of the data plane without depending on a slew of management or control protocols, allows for centralized control of the overall infrastructure, and allows for a richer feature set based on its programmable nature. This article investigates the redesign and illustrates its potential with mobility management as an example.
Keywords :
mobility management (mobile radio); telecommunication traffic; centralized control; control protocol; mobile backhaul architecture; mobile communication standard; mobile data traffic; mobility management; software defined networking; traffic jam handling; Audio systems; Data communication; Land mobile radio; Mobile communication; Software defined networks; Telecommunications traffic;
Journal_Title :
Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MVT.2014.2333765